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Re: Yamaha vs Buffet

Author: Green Henry
Date: 2018-12-16 10:00

I'd be interested in knowing more about this from a UK perspective (relating to clarinets that are available from shops here), if anyone can advise on this.

I'm an adult beginner, and take it very seriously. I started on a plastic bodied Yamaha student model, which has been excellent. I kept it when I upgraded to a wooden 450 which has the advantage of feeling identical and sounding better. Now I've reached the point where I am about to join a local orchestra and have been advised to get an A clarinet. I'm not rich and I like to keep things for a long time, but I can afford to buy a pair (A and Bb) of "good amateur" instruments - 650s or similar. I would then intend to keep them essentially for ever (as it will take me that long to become a "good amateur"!).

When I retired I wanted to learn an instrument so as to play classical music with other people and I liked the Cat tune in Peter and the Wolf so I chose the clarinet. It's gone from a nice hobby to something like an obsession The main thing I've learned is that playing the clarinet is very difficult and frustrating but also more fulfilling than I could ever have imagined (in the same way that finding a reed that I like is SO difficult but then SO lovely).

On that basis, the cost of around £3,000 does not seem inordinate. But as I say, I'd be planning to keep them and keep improving until I can't play any more.

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